Every 15 Minutes Program ParticipationLive Oak High School, Morgan Hill; 20-21 October 2004The photos below are reduced-size or cropped thumbnails. Click any photo to see the full-sized image. 
Preparation. Left: Captains Viramontez (now retired) and Pearson (now Battalion Chief) brief participating emergency services personnel at the Dunne Hill fire station prior to the event. Right: Moulage (stage wounds) is applied to the "corpse" by AMR Supervisor Trish Rhodes. 
The accident scene. A two car head-on collision, Living Dead in the background, and the Grim Reaper hovering nearby. 
Left: CHP officer, first on scene. Right: Police and Fire personnel assess the scene. 
Because of the soft ground, all rescue equipment has to be carried in by hand from the truck and engine parked outside of the track area. Here, firefighters are carrying in the Hurst tools (also known as the "Jaws of Life"), cutters, portable hydraulic compressor, hydraulic lines, and spreaders. 
FF/E's Tomasetti and Valcazar removing the windshield and cutting the roof pillars prior to rolling the roof back. This provides better access to the victims. The doors will also be pried open and removed. 
After extrication and medical attention, the victims are packaged for transport to the trauma center. 
The 'drunk driver' is administered a field sobriety test, before being arrested, transported to jail, and booked. 
With the Grim Reaper nearby, the Coroner declares this victim dead at the scene. 
Photos from the memorial service the next morning. Top photo: processional with casket lead by bagpiper. Second and third photos: Principal Nick Boden and Lt. Joe Sampson, Morgan Hill Police Department, speaking.
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